Table 1.
Characteristic | No. | % |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 5530 | 53.2 |
Female | 4873 | 46.8 |
Country | ||
Belgium | 1325 | 12.7 |
Netherlands | 1685 | 16.2 |
Sweden | 2822 | 27.1 |
Switzerland | 737 | 7.1 |
United Kingdom | 3834 | 36.9 |
Age started GH treatment, y | ||
0–4 | 1130 | 10.9 |
5–9 | 3632 | 34.9 |
10–14 | 4834 | 46.5 |
15–19 | 807 | 7.8 |
Year started GH treatment | ||
<1990 | 2070 | 19.9 |
1990–1994 | 3976 | 38.2 |
1995–1999 | 2840 | 27.3 |
≥2000 | 1517 | 14.6 |
Diagnosis leading to GH treatment | ||
CNS tumor | 1307 | 12.6 |
Non-CNS solid tumor | 97 | 0.9 |
Hematological malignancy | 426 | 4.1 |
Chronic renal failure and renal diseases | 139 | 1.3 |
Turner syndrome | 1721 | 16.5 |
Other syndromes and chronic diseases | 1003 | 9.6 |
Multiple pituitary hormone deficiency organic | 1343 | 12.9 |
Skeletal dysplasias | 286 | 2.8 |
Isolated growth failurea | 3952 | 38.0 |
Nonclassifiable | 129 | 1.2 |
Total | 10,403 | 100.0 |
Including isolated GH deficiency, idiopathic short stature, and small for gestational age.